Geetu Tuteja, professor of genetics, development and cell biology, received Iowa State University’s 2025 Bailey Research Career Development award.

The Bailey Award, established through a generous estate gift from Carl A. and Grace A. Bailey, provides $50,000 per year for three years to support high-risk, high-reward research addressing emerging scientific challenges. Tuteja’s project, “Identifying new mechanisms that regulate early placental development,” focuses on the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in regulating gene expression in trophoblasts.

More information can be found in the Office of the Vice President for Research article, "2025 Bailey Award to fund innovative placental research.